Vegetable slicer and shredder



. Feb. 15, 1927 1,617,499

l.. PYsHER l VEGETABIJE SLICER AND SHREDDER Filed May 26. 1925 Patented Feb. 15,` 1 927. y

` LINCOLN. PYSHER, or eaANn JUNcTioN, fcoLoRA'pog VEGETABLE 'sLIcER AND SHREDDER.

Application ledIVIay 26, 1925. Serial No. 32,999.

l ',lhis invention relates to devices forv .slic-I ing vegetables, and particularly to certain improvements upon the construction illustrated in my Patent #1,039,800 granted to me on October 1, 1912.

In'this patent I illustratea 'vegetable Slicer v 4 The object'of 4the present invention is' to'. l l improveupon the construction illustrated in my patent by enlarging the hopper, by doing away .with certain details of construction which Aare expensive and whichV interfere' with thevfull and best operation of the machine, and to provide a better mounting for the rotatable' cylindrical cutter.

Afurther objectr is to .provide a cutter having notonly a slicing knife but a series -ofknives .projecting outwardly from Vthe cylindrical cutter and acting to cut the potatoes into strips to thereby provide for makingnwhat are known as shoestringpotatoes, these knives being so arranged lthat nomatrn-ter how the potato Vmayshift withinvfthe Amay bey moved from itshousing andf'thev hopper the potatoes will-be strips while'being sliced.

A still further object is to provide improved means whereby' the cutter cylinder properly cut into knivesy sharpened, repaired-or replaced and the device thoroughly cleaned.

l Other objects will appear in the course of the' following description. Y f

My invention is illustrated in the accom.-`

panying drawing, wherein Y v F igurelll is a vertical sectional view of a vegetable Slicer and cutter constructed in accordance with my invention; l Y

. Figure 2 is a section on the line 2f2` of Figure 1; Figure 3A is anV Y Y' cylinder showing the slicing knives;

Figured 1s anelevatlon' of the cutting cylinder showingv the knife 27.

Referring to thisdrawing. 10 designates Va Ybodyl whichv is preferably, though not necessarily, cylindrical in form, this body, at its-upper end being formed to provide ay ffhopperll which. has ak cross sectional area the same as the cross sectional area of the Its opposite end, however, is closed by.' an integrally cast web 17. This web extends inward from the adjacent iange 15 and then. extends axially in theforin of a cone, as atV 18, this cone having alength' approximately Vbody 10. lThe intermediate portion" of theyr body 10 has its `opposite walls cutaway, as` l at 12 and 13, and disposed within thispor# tion'of 'the body 10isa cylindricalknife carrier or cutter 11i.` 4This has preferablythe form shown in Figure 3, that is,it iis cast from one piece of materialand formed on its ends with the flanges'l.. y The cylin' drical cutter is open at one end, as at 16.v

twoft-hirds the length of the cylindrical outy -v ter. The cone is capped, as-at 19, and en-- gaging with these `screw-threads .is a spindleV 20dcarrying acrank handle 21 at its outer en. 1. n

For the purposeof mounting .this spindle on the body10, 'I provide a plate 22 which'. is engaged with the sidewall ofthe body 10 in any suitable manner, as by screws or the like, 'this plate having a conical bearingl 23 which fits the'recess 245 forming the' iny A nery face of .the conical portion' 18, and

through'this conical portion 24 of the plate the spindle 20'passes. .This conical portion,

20. The cylindrical cutter 16isso cast as '85 i therefore, forms a bearing for-.thespindle' *i -7` A one or more of which is formedwith a seat y Vto. form a'longitudinally..extending slot v25 l26 Vfor a knife 27, the knife being held to the seat by means of screws or like devices.l

Diametrically opposite thel slotl 25 the cylinder is reduced in'thickness to form a seat 28, and disposed on thisseat 28 is thek plate 29 attachedthereto by screws orl like devices, this plate carrying a' series of outwardly projecting knife"blades.30. These'f are preferably struck up from the plate' 29,

though not vnecessarily so, and preferably.'A

have a depth of abouta quarter-of anfinch y v f more or less.l These knives are very thin elevation of the cutting and are arranged in pairs, as illustrated, the first pair being relatively close together or l, having a distance equalto thev thickness-of a potato Shoestring, the'next pair being fur-5'y ther spacedl apart a distance approximately equal totwo potato shOeStringS, fthe nextv 110 on, but each knife being.; spaced from an ad- 'pair .being still further spaced apart, and so jacent knife aA distance-*equal to the thick o `move the setV screw whichholds the handle Y ness ot apotato.shoestring` Below the cuttingrcylinder theilower portion of the body l V is formed to provide opposed clampingv jaws Bland 32, the jaw 32 being vprovided with'` a'screw 33 whereby the device may be clamped upon a table. 1 p l l Y Y Itis to `be noted that the plate 22 inf asmuchas it restsy against the louter facev Y' f of the body l() constitutes .the rear wall of a reeessgwithinL which the rear end of the cutting: cylindery is Vdisposed andthat the ia-nges l5 iillsaid recess thus formed, thus preventing anyvegetable matter from working downv between the rear'end of the cut- Y tingcylinderand the plate 22; It willtun.. kther bereen` that the. depth ot theVV trent lianges. ,'15L and'rear flanges 51,5 is equal to 'fthe depth of the imiveseol so am by removingthe setscrew-that holds the handlev 2 1v` in place 4the cutting cylinders. 15 may bev withdrawn through the. front opening; Vl/Vhi1e,of course,it is possiblefto release ythe screws holding theiplate- 22 "to .the rear et thefbody and thus remove the cutting cylinder` t'hroughfthe rear opening of the body,

ordinarily the cutting4 cylinder will be removed through the',` front `opening Vand the plate 22 bejlettin place.. `I have found, however, that' by forming this plate 22 as `a-,separate' piece-rorn'the body that the machine may be 'more readily and thoroughv1y cleaned whenever/necessary than if the plate '22is formed as part: of or integral f with the body.'- It wille-be, seen that withV thisrconstructlon thecylinder lis not screwedVV inE place fupon the 'end ot the spindle 20V and therefore cannot bei jammedl but when itV is .desired toy remove the cylinder 16 `-for cleaning orv for the substitution of one cylinder for another itfis` only necessaryto re- 2l'in place andl thenthe cylinder may' -b'e readilyA withdrawny .It the spindle wasl y, permanently mounted within the bearing 23,;

thenit'would be necessary to unscrew the @cylinder 16 ywhen it was ldesired to remove vit and because otthe very small. hand hold,

andbecause of the tendency to jam upon the screvvv threads, the spindle would in man vcases not beeasytorernove.v

, I-n theuseot this .,device, the knives 30,"l

as-jthe cylinder is rotated, pass'thr'ough thel i-2.] Jotato` oriy other vegetable vtheir full depth-` but do"y not cutfanything ott', merely torni-v The slicing knifeV 27 then operates and cuts oliv ing parallel Akei-ts inthe vegetable.

kfwhat would be arelatively` thickslice and f delivers it through the slot beneath its edge vvfrom" Ythe side" of the cylinder and out into the receptacle, and by reason' ot -the :tact

V that the upright `knives haver gone Ythreugh i vegetable `the vegetable falls apart in long fstrips the Vfull length-'ot the vegetable, thusf. forming thev shoes'tringsY forv` which the Vmachine `isAparticularly vadapted.

YVtactories.

for shredding cabbage, lettuce, celery, etea-V and inasmuch: as the vegetables arecut into .uniform sizes and slices it is obvious that` the vegetables when cooked will beuniirm lycooked throughout, that is, eachpiece willi be as properly cooked as any other'piece;

This device, while particularly` designed-f tables, particularly onions.l Ain' onionris tor-med of separate, more or less concentric l,for making Shoestring potatoes, niayfia'lso be used for dicing potatoeszand-*other*vegee1 layers ot' rings and, therefore, the splitting;-

knives will eut these layers into squares;

and thesefsquares are deliveredoutthrough lthechamber 16 into a receptacle. Thev same 'is true ot cabbage which thus may be diced or shredded In order to dice potatoes,.how l ever, they are firsttormed intol shoestrings'i in the manner described and then carried through the machinel a secondtime, whichKVV will obtain the desired result. Y

I do not lwish to be `limited to theeXact construction illustratedya's this 'mig-'ht' be varied in many lWays without 'de`p"'ai'-'tin, g`Y

.from the' spirit' of the invention. i I-claim:fL f Y 1. Ina vegetable' cutter, abody having a hopper at its upper end and below the hopper' being formed-with a circularfpen' ing.' in its front wallandthe rear wall have ing arcircular recess, a cutting cylindei'h'av- Y ing its vopposite ends hanged', said flanges fitting the front opening andthe recess re'- spectiv'ely, anda spindle extendingfthrou'li the rear wa-ll ot the'body concentric tot 'e recess therein and having a' handle operativelyl engaged with said cylinder.

l2. In a vegetable cutter, a body having a hopper at its upper end'and below the hopper being formed' with a'eircular open# .115er Y ing in its frontl wall and the rear wall having'a circular recess-,a cut-ting cylinder having outwardlyy projecting knives and/hav'- 'f 3 i l 120 ing its opposite ends tlangechs'aid4 anges having a depth equal toY the depthr v ot the said cylinder and extending through the rearwall ot' the body and islidably mounted therein, and a handle detachably engaged with the rear end ot the spindlefan'd when inV placeholding the cylinder in placew'ith-4 "in said body. Y y v g 3.. In a/"vege'table cutter, afbody havingi` Yknives andtittingthe frontv opening and the 1 recess respectively, a; spindle 'engaged4 with a hopper at its upper end and below the hopper being formed with a circular opening in its front wall and in its rear wall, a plate attached to the outer face of the body and extending over the rear circular opening, said plate having a central bear-` ing, a cutting cylinder having its opposite ends flanged, said flanges tting the front opening and the rear opening respectively whereby the cylinder is supported atrits opposite ends, said cylinder havinga wall at one end formed with a concentric, hollow projecting portion, a spindle engaged with this portion and extending rearward through said bearing7 and a handle detachably en-I 15 gaged with the rear end of the spindle and whenA in place holding the cylinder in posi LINCOLNA PYsI-IER. 

